New Year, New Beginnings She woke up the first day of the new year with a new outlook. She already had an appointment to get her hair done, her nails done and half her closet bagged up for Goodwill. When Christmas came and she spent it with her family, she dodged the usual questions, “Are you seeing anyone?” “Do you have a boyfriend?”. It brought home the fact that she was all alone. But how did she tell her family that g...

Chapter 1 Deanna went to her locker after lunch to grab her books that she would need for the afternoon. She’d been mildly aggravated listening to her friends go on and on about Valentine’s Day coming up. Her aggravation skyrocketed when Vicky’s boyfriend, Seth had come over to sit down. Vicky’s attention turned from her, mid-sentence, to him. They hadn’t even finished discussing their plans for the night. She turned the...